Uploaded March 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is something I've been messing around with a little since the 1.2 update and which I thought may be interesting/useful. This is a way of sending a redstone signal through the air/water.

However, due to the fact that it makes use of dispensers and the new fire charges, the system becomes less and less reliable the greater the distance between the dispenser and the receiving piston.

With a synapse (gap) of:
- two or fewer blocks, the signal is essentially 100% reliable.
- less than or equal to five blocks, the signal is approximately 80% reliable
- more than or equal to six blocks, the signal becomes too unreliable

The signal can be sent through water but this will slow down the fire charge, giving the randomness of the dispenser more time to throw the charge further off course. Therefore water almost halves the reliability of the signal - but it still works.

This is the only practical use I've come up with for the new fire charges, thus far.

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